But in case you forgot, he was fighting a Liddell who was over the hill

In addition to that, Liddel had won the first round. Rashad then caught him in the second with a once in a life time punch

By comparison, Shogun beat that very same over the hill Liddell far more impressively then Rashad did. Shogun lost no rounds to Liddell. Knocked him out in the first. Was consistently out strucking him too

Anyway to answer this thread

I remember before the Machida fight, Rashad said that if the crowd is booing, then his gameplan is working

Rashad has always been one of the worst offenders of point fighting so I could care less about him!

Rashad has a suspect chin and has always had trouble exchanging. Thats something that will never change

If you are not a natural, you cant learn to be comfortable with punches flying at your face

But in case you forgot, he was fighting a Liddell who was over the hill

In addition to that, Liddel had won the first round. Rashad then caught him in the second with a once in a life time punch

By comparison, Shogun beat that very same over the hill Liddell far more impressively then Rashad did. Shogun lost no rounds to Liddell. Knocked him out in the first. Was consistently out strucking him too

Anyway to answer this thread

I remember before the Machida fight, Rashad said that if the crowd is booing, then his gameplan is working

Rashad has always been one of the worst offenders of point fighting so I could care less about him!

Rashad has a suspect chin and has always had trouble exchanging. Thats something that will never change

If you are not a natural, you cant learn to be comfortable with punches flying at your face

Rashad has trouble with good strikers! Machida, Jones, LIL Nog. I think he got exposed big time last night! Lil Nog and Antonio Silva are better overall fighters than Rashad and Overreem. End of story.

Rashad didn't look great, Nog looked good. He easily stuffed every takedown attempt except for one, and even then he popped up immediately. Another thing he did that people are overlooking is he dictated the distance with jabs, that's why Rashad only went for a few takedowns, Nogueira didn't let him close the distance.

But in case you forgot, he was fighting a Liddell who was over the hill

In addition to that, Liddel had won the first round. Rashad then caught him in the second with a once in a life time punch

By comparison, Shogun beat that very same over the hill Liddell far more impressively then Rashad did. Shogun lost no rounds to Liddell. Knocked him out in the first. Was consistently out strucking him too

Anyway to answer this thread

I remember before the Machida fight, Rashad said that if the crowd is booing, then his gameplan is working

Rashad has always been one of the worst offenders of point fighting so I could care less about him!

Rashad has a suspect chin and has always had trouble exchanging. Thats something that will never change

If you are not a natural, you cant learn to be comfortable with punches flying at your face

And he has failed to control a lot of fighters from the top. Rashad's top game is flimsy at best

Rashad really is one of the most boring and most over rated "top" fighters to ever compete

And I have been saying it long before this fight

-Almost knocked out by an over the hill Rampage and Thiago

-Struggled against the likes of friggen Bisbing for crying out loud

Etc etc etc and I could go on and on from his draw and 4 split decisions to the fact that even when he wins he still manages to look like shit for the most part

Rashad for the most part of his career has managed to obtain many lackluster point victories while scoring a couple of very rare knockouts over opponents who were vastly under estimating him

Now that Rashad is a high prfile fighter, opponents dont under estimate and know exactly what to expect

If anything Rashad is just a point winner

I would never ever consider him a great fighter

We just became best friends.

Rashad ha been hyped time and time again by the UFC. Only to go out the and show akward sub par stand up. His wrestling is good but doesn't do anything with it once it hits the ground. I've always said Rashad goes out of his way to not fight

Can anyone tell me who the coaching staff is at "Blackzillians?" It's not just a bunch of athletes with no coaching, is it? Rashad seemed to have done no preparation whatsoever for a southpaw fighter. He let Nogueira step outside his lead foot and throw the left straight down his centre line the whole night long.

I'm sure they must have access to really good coaching, so I'm at a loss to explain the way Rashad fought.

Lil Nog was that good. He entered the Octagon looking extremely focused, in outstanding shape, and threw more kicks in this fight than all of his fights put together! I could tell that he worked extremely hard to add to his arsenal. People are definitely not giving enough credit where it is clearly due. Lil Nog was awesome.

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